The stuffy confines of the United States Patent Office could scarcely have presented a less romantic Valentine's Day setting.

Almost 60 years ago on Feb. 16, 1968, an Alabama lawmaker, Rep. Rankin Fite, called 911 for the first time in the United ...

Today, 150 years after the invention of the telephone, it has never been easier to call someone. But in some ways, and for some people, picking up the phone is still a very hard thing to do.

A 1937 candid of Albert L. and Helen Jun Marth became The Telegraph’s first wedding photo ...

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The most remarkable sheep since the time of Jason the Argonaut nibbled, stared, bleated last week in a new home at Middlebury, Vt., where they are now beginning the third chapter of their careers, in ...

From wired landlines to portable cellular phones, technology has evolved at breathtaking speed. Today’s smartphones can record, broadcast, track, store, expose, entertain, and influence often ...

Copper is a crucial metal, and it has played an extremely vital role in commencing industrial development over the past 150 years. Geoscience Australia, by the Australian Government, points out that ...

Today is Saturday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2026. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day.

Electricity is indispensable in modern society. Today, man could hardly live without this energy. Suppose, for example, electrical power plant is off for a mont ...

As University College London marks 200 years since it was founded, we look back at the pioneering moments that helped shape ...